Democrats To Push For Medicare Changes In 2007

By Shannon Henson

Law360, New York (December 22, 2006, 12:00 AM ET) -- Just a year after sweeping changes to Medicare prescription benefits took effect, a shift in power could mean more changes on the horizon.

Democratic legislators are looking at allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies directly to decrease the costs of prescriptions for the elderly.

But as that debate occurs, some lawyers believe regulators will start narrowing their sights on those wrongly taking advantage of the 2006 changes, namely Part D, which subsidizes the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. Seniors who sign up...
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